Beerakaya Senagapappu Koora | Ridgegourd Chanadal Curry | Curries For Chapathi | Beerakaya Recipes

We get ridge gourd,bottle gourd,bitter gourd here in local market. After a long time bought few so got chance to try some recipes which gave a feeling that Iam at mom`s place.We telugu people often uses these vegetables in day to day life which are perfect with rice and chapathi any time.

RIDGE GOURD ROASTED CHANA DAL CHUTNEY/BEERA KAYA PUTNALU CHUTNEY/RIDGE GOURD RECIPES/SOUTH INDIAN CHUTNEY RECIPES FOR RICE N ROTIS

Ridge gourd is one of the healthy vegetable with no calories..This chutney may sounds weird but really this combination works out well..To use roasted chana dal I experimented this chutney and it tasted good with hot white rice..To be honest,long time back I also tried one more combination which tasted nasty..Hehehe..N the combination was cabbage and roasted chana dal..Don`t know the exact mistake about this trial,but it tasted weird..Some times it happens.:)

Any way try this ridge gourd and roasted chana dal combination and let me know about the result...If any one of you tried with any other vegetable please leave in comments.Sure I will try it...:)

CATEGORY-CHUTNEYS/RIDGE GOURD/ROASTED CHANA DAL

PREPARATION TIME-15 MINUTES

COOKING TIME-20 MINUTES

WHAT YOU NEED

Ridge gourds-2 med size

putnalu/roasted chana dal-1cup

salt- to taste

green chilli-3-5

tamarind paste-1/2 tbsp

TO TEMPER

oil-1+1/2 tbsp

mustard seeds-1tsp

cumin-1tsp

urad dal-1-2 tsp

chana dal- 1tsp

hing- 1/4 tsp

curry leaves-1 sprig

dry red chilli-2

HOW TO COOK

peel the skin of ridge gourd if you like other wise wash well and cut into medium size pieces...

Heat a kadai with 1/2 tbsp of oil and fry pieces by adding enough salt til soft.Next add chopped green chili too.cook for 2 more minutes.keep aside these..

Now dry roast the roasted chana dal(putnalu) for 2-3 minutes in medium flame then grind along with cooked ridge gourd.

take this in a bowl and put temper in another bowl with given INGS in 1tbsp oil and mix it in the ground chutney..

Serve with rice or rotis.

RIDGE GOURD DAL WITH MILK | beerakaya pesara pappu koora

It is a simple yet tasty curry with ridge gourd with addition of moong dal and milk.Yes..It`s a curry with milk..This is one of the famous curry in andhra..Amma cooks this dish often which is our family favorite.Try this curry and serve hot with rice..It`s healthy and nice too.